Hello all and happy first day of March! Yep, spring is on its way and I cannot wait, can you? To celebrate, my blog buddies Layla, Rhoda,Sarah and I are all throwing a round of Spring Fling Link Parties just in time to get creative for the coming season.

For those of you who have joined up with us before, we hope you’ll do so again, these are a lot of fun and a great place to share your projects and ideas. We encourage new bloggers to hop on board the spring fling train too, so mark your calendars, dates and categories are below. I have a few fun spring DIY ideas to share as well, can’t wait!

And since we’ve turned the page to a new month, here are the Top Ten posts from February you don’t want to miss…

A long time ago I fell in love with a tufted sofa. Not just any tufted sofa, a petite rounded back ‘works so perfectly in my house’ kind of tufted sofa. I even wrote about my tufted sofa dream almost two years ago. {Cue the ‘a dream is a wish your heart makes’ melody…}

So I have this wall in between two sets of French doors in the living room where a lot of traffic passes by so the only thing that really works there is a buffet, which I had there for a year, but what I really always wanted for that spot was a beautiful tufted sofa.

I’m have a big fat crush on them, especially when they’re paired with modern fabrics. Here’s a few images from my inspiration files – so sophisticated and dreamy.

Hi, I'm Kate from Northern California. I'm a bargain hunter, design lover, renovator, and incurable DIYer. I'm on a quest for diamond style on a dime, and out to make my world fabulous, for less, one DIY or decorating project at a time. Learn more.